Abraham Lincoln’s Governors

Here’s historian Stephen Engle speaking at the Ford’s Theatre 2017 Abraham Lincoln Symposium on Union War Governors during the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s dealings with them.

The video’s description reads, “Stephen Engle, author of Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union’s War Governors, talked about the pivotal role the Union governors played in securing victory in the Civil War. ‘They are a Body of Wise and Patriotic Men: Lincoln’s Loyal Governors’ was part of the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium exploring the 16th president’s life, career, and legacy.”